Cicadinae, Latreille, 1802

Moulds, MS, 2005, An Appraisal of the Higher Classification of Cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadoidea) with Special Reference to the Australian Fauna, Records of the Australian Museum 57 (3), pp. 375-446 : 429

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.3853/j.0067-1975.57.2005.1447

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8233557

persistent identifier

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scientific name

Cicadinae
status

 

Key to the tribes of Australian Cicadinae View in CoL View at ENA

Some characters used here for distinguishing Australian tribes may not be applicable to some non- Australian species belonging to these tribes.

1 Head with vertex very wide so that the supra-antennal plate clearly reaches less than half way to eye ................................................................................................... 2

—— Head with vertex of average width or narrow so that the supraantennal plate reaches at least half way to eye .............................................................................. 6

2 Epimeral lobe not reaching operculum ......................................................................... Burbungini View in CoL

—— Epimeral lobe reaching operculum ................................................................................................ 3

3 Fore leg femoral primary spine lying flat, prostrate ................................................... Platypleurini View in CoL

—— Fore leg femoral primary spine erect ............................................................................................. 4

4 Male ................................................................................................................................................ 5

—— Female .............................................................................................. Cryptotympanini View in CoL or Thophini View in CoL

5 Timbal covers flat ................................................................................................. Cryptotympanini View in CoL

—— Timbal covers inflated, sac-like ........................................................................................ Thophini View in CoL

6 Pronotal collar with a single mid-lateral tooth; male opercula (of Australian species) very long, covering some 2 ⁄ length of 3 abdomen ............................................................................ Dundubiini View in CoL (subtribe Cosmopsaltriina )

—— Pronotal collar with lateral margin smooth; male opercula very long, covering some 2 ⁄ 3 length of abdomen ................................................................................... 7

7 Head considerably less than width of pronotum; fore wing veins C and R + Sc widely separated .................................................................................... Cyclochilini View in CoL

—— Head about as wide as pronotum; fore wing veins C and R + Sc abutted for their length ................................................................................................................... 8

8 Lateral ocelli widely separated, the distance between them about equal to the distance between each lateral ocellus and eye ...................................... Jassopsaltriini View in CoL

—— Lateral ocelli closely spaced, the distance between them considerably less than the distance between each lateral ocellus and eye ............................................................................................................................... Tamasini View in CoL

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hemiptera

SuperFamily

Cicadoidea

Family

Cicadidae

SubFamily

Cicadinae

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